Philippines logs 2,886 new Covid-19 cases, total tops 603,000


A military health worker takes a Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine vial from a vaccine cold chain during the vaccination of military personnel at the army headquarters in Manila on March 2, 2021. - AFP

MANILA (Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday (March 10) 2,886 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, bringing the Southeast Asian country's total tally to 603,308.

The death toll climbed to 12,545 after 17 more patients died from the coronavirus epidemic, the DOH said. It added that 221 more patients recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 546,293.

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